Michael Torgerson
@cascadia14.bsky.social
Transit and environmental conservation advocate, avid baseball and college football addict, and history buff
Even our most liberal cities are so scared of upsetting the police that they will completely destroy a cities budget to keep increasing police budgets while the rate of unsolved crimes continues to skyrocket. This is not working any more.
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Even our most liberal cities are so scared of upsetting the police that they will completely destroy a cities budget to keep increasing police budgets while the rate of unsolved crimes continues to skyrocket. This is not working any more.
All of this while people are dying on street unable to afford basic necessities like food and shelter. It’s a inditement of our culture that we are willing to bankrupt our cities to pour money into clearly ineffective policing while we let our fellow Americans suffer the indignity of deep poverty.
August 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
All of this while people are dying on street unable to afford basic necessities like food and shelter. It’s a inditement of our culture that we are willing to bankrupt our cities to pour money into clearly ineffective policing while we let our fellow Americans suffer the indignity of deep poverty.
If you build infrastructure that connects communities with jobs, leisure, education centers and other resources people will use it. Other countries have gotten this right, we can and should do better.
April 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you build infrastructure that connects communities with jobs, leisure, education centers and other resources people will use it. Other countries have gotten this right, we can and should do better.
Reposted by Michael Torgerson
Market workers like @cascadia14.bsky.social made a real difference
Even Pike Place Market workers are tired of the excuses now:
"We can have a key card system with bollards that come up and down like so many other markets do not only in the US but all around the world” said market worker Michael Torgerson.
💯🌟🥇
komonews.com/news/local/p...
"We can have a key card system with bollards that come up and down like so many other markets do not only in the US but all around the world” said market worker Michael Torgerson.
💯🌟🥇
komonews.com/news/local/p...
Seattle ramps up efforts to protect pedestrians at vehicle-swamped Pike Place Market
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April 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Market workers like @cascadia14.bsky.social made a real difference
The most incorrect name for a food that I can think of
April 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The most incorrect name for a food that I can think of
Reposted by Michael Torgerson
Emily Pike! They're great. "I am not an anomaly for wanting to live in a dense and vibrant city."
February 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Emily Pike! They're great. "I am not an anomaly for wanting to live in a dense and vibrant city."